PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Investigative Journalism, Scientific Method, Psychological Science
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Psychology: broadly defined as the scientific study of people, the mind and behavior- focuses attention on virtually endless questions about how we feel, think, behave, believe and interact. Sheena iyengrr, rachael wells, and barry schwartz investigated the question who do you predict is more likely to be satisfied with their choices and who do you believe will make the. Chapter 1- uncommon sense-scientific method and human reasoning. What is the scientific question: the scientific method is crucial because it minimizes bias by providing the rules by which observations are collected and results are evaluated. Sample bias: a particular form of bias in which some members of the population are less likely to be included than others in the study. Reliability and validity: reliability, validity, confounds or confounding variables, control variable: Independent variable: experiment, dependent variable, random assignment: Science versus pseudoscience: epistemology, transparent, peer review, pseudoscience: Confirmatory bias: confirmatory bias, doctrine of falsification:
